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Biden caregiving plan: Housing availability, politics hinder transition to more in-home care

David Robinson

October 19, 2021 |

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The Money Follows the Person is a federal program that increases access to Medicaid funds for home and community care services for people transitioning out of institutional care. The program has helped more than 101,000 people move out of long-term care facilities into community or home living. The program has also helped people save money by cutting taxpayers’ Medicaid and Medicare bills by about 23% for each person who was moved out of a nursing home or other institution. Based on the program’s success, the current administration is reviewing plans to extend or make Money Follows the

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Biden's $400B plan to overhaul home care is 'more of a repair effort than a new direction'

Sarah Taddeo

October 19, 2021 |

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Several government programs and funding measures are emerging to improve home care options for families in need, such as increasing wages and benefit opportunities for providers. There are also nonprofits like All Things Home Care that provide transportation to area home care workers and represents its workers with a union to afford them better treatment to ensure those in need can still receive necessary care at home.

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Rural Health Mission Nigeria: Providing Lifesaving Care to Mothers and Babies in Plateau State

Bashar Abubakar

October 18, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State

The Lifesaving Intervention Project offers postnatal services to mothers and newborns via community health workers who are trained in maternal and child health. After giving birth, the women receive follow-up care over the phone and through home visits and are referred to health facilities when additional care is needed. The support services have increased the percent of women getting post-natal care and have improved postpartum mental health. The health workers also provide information about the health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, delivering in facilities, and birth control to space out children.

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Building Alliances: How rural St. Landry Parish gave its Covid vaccination effort a boost

Ty Baniewicz

October 14, 2021 |

The Current (Louisiana) |

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Response Location: United States, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

A pre-existing resource directory formed by a consortium of local groups addressing community health allowed St. Landry Parish to react quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic and deploy resources more effectively. The network was quickly mobilized and representatives from government agencies, the police, hospitals, and business owners met daily to coordinate care, answer questions and dispel misinformation, and eventually, ensure access to vaccines.

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Beating HIV through family, mentorship

Angela Oketch

October 12, 2021 |

Nation Africa |

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Response Location: Kenya, Homa Bay

Pama Care is an initiative that coordinates HIV care within a family to address barriers to adherence to achieve viral suppression in children and adults. All HIV positive family members are put on the same medication schedule, which improves adherence, and given clinic appointments on the same day, which provides a better picture of family barriers and improves guidance and counseling. The government, backed financially by private companies, also pays a monthly stipend to patients who reach out to those having a hard time accepting their HIV status. This model has been successful across the country.

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By boat, by motorbike, by foot

Samantha Schmidt

October 12, 2021 |

The Washington Post |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Colombia, La Giajira

IPSI Palaima is working to vaccinate Indigenous families who live in hard-to-reach areas of La Guajira, where there are no paved roads, electricity, or running water and staff must use cars, boats, and motorbikes to reach them. A team of nursing assistants and a doctor spend 15 days at a time at a local outpost and travel by motorbike to surrounding communities, carrying vaccines in cooler bags. The organization was founded by an Indigenous woman who grew up in the area. Many of the staff members speak the local language, which can ease the communities’ vaccine hesitation and mistrust of authorities.

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¿Qué se necesita para hacerse una mamografía en Costa Rica?

Mónica Quesada Cordero

October 08, 2021 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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Response Location: Costa Rica

Una alianza público-privada permite aumentar el número de mamografías que se realizan en las zonas rurales de Costa Rica, fortaleciendo los programas de tamizaje organizado del país y aumentando la detección temprana de este cáncer.

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Lauko klasės, atskirti mokinių srautai ir testavimas – Vilniaus mokykla išmoko pandemijos pamokas

Urtė Korsakovaitė

October 05, 2021 |

Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

Per COVID-19 pandemiją privati Demokratinė mokykla viena pirmųjų Lietuvoje sugrąžino vaikus į klases ir sugebėjo užtikrinti itin mažą sergamumą. Mokyklos bendruomenei tai pavyko perkeliant dalį ugdymo į lauko klases, reguliuojant vaikų srautus ir plačiai taikant testavimą. Ar gali Demokratinės mokyklos pandemijos valdymo strategija būti pritaikyta ir kitose Lietuvos mokyklose?

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Newborn Units save babies' lives in Kenya

Phillip Kahindi

October 01, 2021 |

Sayansi Magazine |

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Response Location: Kenya, Kitui

The Newborn Unit exists to care for premature babies in an effort to reduce infant deaths. The NBU began in April 2010 and has the capacity to accommodate 30 babies, making infant care more accessible. The Unit also offers neonatal resuscitation training to equip healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills on how to save the lives of newborns.

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Partner Notification services vital in HIV Control

Joyce Chimbi

October 01, 2021 |

Sayansi Magazine |

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Response Location: Kenya, Siaya County

The Assisted Partner Notification Service is a World Health Organization-backed strategy that aims to reach out to sexual partners of people diagnosed with HIV to encourage them to get tested in an effort to contain the HIV pandemic. From May 2018 to September 2019, the notification service tested a total of 29,249 women, detecting 1,120 positive cases which then led the service to reach out to a number of male partners to continue to facilitate testing.

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